From 85f0310cb89487f21c0c9a25703a2f917497bf07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:08:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] sysfs.5: Add a brief description of /sys/class/net Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/sysfs.5 | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/man5/sysfs.5 b/man5/sysfs.5 index a451436e4..d6cccb2ca 100644 --- a/man5/sysfs.5 +++ b/man5/sysfs.5 @@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ These symbolic links refer to entries in the .IR /sys/devices directory. .TP +.IR /sys/class/net +Each of the entries in this directory is a symbolic link +representing on of the real or virtual networking devices +that are visible in the network namespace of the process +that is accessing the directory. +Each of these symbolic links refers to entries in the +.IR /sys/devices +directory. +.TP .IR /sys/dev This directory contains two subdirectories .IR block /